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GameMaker Community Manual

What is it?

The GameMaker Community Manual is a wrapper for the documentation of
the
GameMaker: Studio Reference Section hosted on
http://docs.yoyogames.com with some extra
features. It
strives
to improve the way you use the manual while allowing the community to
extend
and rewrite it along the way.

This site is in no way meant to be a diss on the hard work that YYG has put in to their docs, we're just
playing around with giving some of the control to the fine folks that use the manual every day.

The problem with the current Yoyo docs

Sometimes unclear or missing important information

Poor navigation / organization

Examples leave something to be left desired for a lot of beginners.

Uses iframes and javascript instead of actual routes & pages

What does it do right now?

As of today the GMCM is able to mirror the documentation, reorganize the
navigation structure a little bit, perform faster & more advanced searches, & allow the community to
interact
with
it via the Community Section at the bottom of every page. I've built this site to be responsive, but
mobile views still need some work.

Plans for the future

This concept needs to be validated. Is the GMCM needed?

Better navigation / page structure ( suggestions anyone? )

Smarter and more advanced searching

Learning page types to improve function and API reference

Improve layout, style sheets, and UI / UX

Smarter code blocks with clickable functions, GML specific syntax highlighting, & possibly hook it
up
to that cool web compiler/fiddle that was on the subreddit some weeks back.

Question & Answer section on each page that has Examples & Page suggestions. For now just use the
page suggestions

Comments & comment chains for the community section

GameMaker Studio 2 support

Possibly a chrome plugin to help integrate GMCM with the original docs.

Known Bugs

Some links may be broken, please report these if you can

Some images may be broken, please report them if you can

Not every page of the docs has been indexed for Elasticsearch , so the search function may not
return certain functions
/ pages. Fix this by visiting that page on this website or report missing pages.

How Can I Contribute?

In the early days of the GMCM we need people to let us know if they see
the
value in having
a community driven manual. Please show your support by registering with
your
Reddit account, sharing with your followers & friends, and
adding examples or page edits with the GMCM section attached to each
page.

If you are a developer and would like to contribute I'm searching for gurus on Elasticsearch and gurus
on
UI/UX or LESS + CSS.

To report bugs, ideas, or find out more ways you can help this project
grow
please
reach out to me on Reddit, Skype, or Slack.